TEN CENTS A DANCE
A lovely, elegiac revue, conceived and directed by John Doyle, that traces the shifting currents of romance through the songs of Rodgers and Hart. Through Aug. 28. Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Williamstown. 413-597-3400, www.wtfestival.org
BAKERSFIELD MIST An absorbing production of a comedy-drama by Stephen Sachs that pits a haughty art expert against an unemployed bartender who is convinced she has an undiscovered Jackson Pollock painting on her hands. Through Sept. 4. Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Julie Harris Stage, Wellfleet. 508-349-9428, www.what.org
RED HOT PATRIOT: THE KICK-ASS WIT OF MOLLY IVINS Tina Packer captures the essential spirit of the firebrand columnist and commentator, managing to make us laugh, make us think, and make us mad at the people Molly Ivins wanted us to be mad at. Through Sept. 4. Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org
THE BETROTHED
A playfully twisted, engagingly original play by Dipika Guha about a man who gets several surprises when he journeys to his homeland to meet the woman to whom he has been betrothed since childhood. Through Sept. 3. Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Harbor Stage, Wellfleet. 508-349-9428, www.what.org
AS YOU LIKE IT
Director Tony Simotes sends waves of physical comedy across the stage while ensuring that the gleaming jewels of Shakespeare’s language are not submerged in the process. Through Sept. 4. Shakespeare & Company, Founders’ Theatre, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org DON AUCOIN
THE BOOK OF MERMAN No relation to that little show in New York, Varla Jean Merman’s revue, starring the dazzlingly cross-dressed Jeffery Roberson, is more scandalous - and funny. Through Sept. 17. At The Art House in Provincetown. 508-487-9222, www.ptownarthouse.com
ROMEO AND JULIET
The supporting players - especially Starla Benford’s Nurse - make this occasionally misguided production a must-see. Through Sept. 3. Shakespeare & Company, Founders’ Theatre, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org SANDY MACDONALD
THE ODYSSEY
A sensory feast, this “Odyssey’’ integrates whimsical aerial adventures and puppetry with thoughtful explorations of loyalty and loss. Through Aug. 31. Presented by Double Edge Theatre in association with Charlestown Working Theater, at The Farm, Ashfield. 866-811-4111, www.doubleedgetheatre.org TERRY BYRNE 
